A North Korean deputy director-level official returned to work at the inter-Korean joint liaison office in Kaesong on Monday morning, the Ministry of Unification (MOU) confirmed on Monday.

The move comes just over two weeks after Pyongyang said it would withdraw all staff from the facility, and follows the North’s decision last Monday to re-dispatch some personnel to the office.

“The official deputizing the director, Kim Kwang Song, is working at the liaison office this morning,” an official who wished to remain anonymous told media.

Between nine and ten North Korean personnel arrived for work at the liaison office on